Take this quiz today to see how much empathy you have in the virtual world.

We're all generals fighting the last communications war -- meaning we're communicating as if we still were chatting face to face. But most of us spend half our time or more online today. And that means emails that get misunderstood, phone conferences on mute and video conferences that exhaust us for some reason. Virtual communicating is harder than we think -- and to make matters worse, our natural empathy vanishes online. Take this quiz today to see how much empathy you have in the virtual world.

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* 1. I can easily tell if someone else wants to enter a conversation.

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* 2. I really enjoy caring for other people.

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* 3. I try to solve my own problems rather than discussing them with others.

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* 4. I find it hard to know what to do in a social situation.

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* 5. Friendships and relationships are just too difficult, so I tend not to bother with them.

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* 6. In a conversation, I tend to focus on my own thoughts rather than on what my listener might be thinking.

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* 7. I can pick up quickly if someone says one thing but means another.

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* 8. I tend to have very strong opinions about morality.

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* 9. It is hard for me to see why some things upset people so much.

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* 10. I find it easy to put myself in somebody else’s shoes.

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* 11. I think that good manners are the most important thing a parent can teach a child.

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* 12. I am good at predicting how someone will feel.

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* 13. I am quick to spot when someone in a group is feeling awkward or uncomfortable.

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* 14. I am very blunt, which some people take to be rudeness, even though I don’t mean to be rude.

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* 15. People tell me I am good at understanding how they are feeling and what they are thinking.

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* 16. When I talk to people, I tend to talk about their experiences rather than my own.

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* 17. I can make decisions without being influenced by others’ feelings.

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* 18. I can easily tell if someone is interested or bored with what I am saying.

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* 19. Friends usually talk to me about their problems, because they say that I am very understanding.

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* 20. I can sense if I am intruding, even if the other person doesn’t tell me.

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* 21. I like to be very organized in day-to-day life and often make lists of the chores I have to do.

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* 22. I can rapidly and intuitively tune into how someone else feels.

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* 23. I can easily work out what another person might want to talk about.

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* 24. I can tell if someone is masking his or her true emotion.

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* 25. I can usually appreciate the other person’s viewpoint, even if I don’t agree with it.

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